Editorial
SDG editorial: improving life on planet earth – a call to action for service research to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Journal of Services Marketing, Vol.38(2), pp.145-152
2024
Abstract
Purpose – This editorial aims to organise the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into seven ServCollab service research themes to provide a way forward for service research that improves human and planetary life. Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual approach is used that draws on observations from the scholarly experience of the editors. Findings – This editorial offers seven research themes for service researchers: services that enable the WELL-BEING of the human species; services that provide OPPORTUNITY for all humans; services that manage RESOURCES for all humans; ECONOMIC services for work and growth for all humans; services from INSTITUTIONS that offer fair and sustainable living for all humans; service ecosystems with the PLANET; and COLLABORATION services for sustainable development partnerships. Practical implications – Service scholars are urged to pursue collaborative research that reduces suffering, improves well-being and enables well-becoming for the sustainability and prosperity of Planet Earth. Originality/value – This editorial provides service scholars with a new framework synthesising the SDGs into research themes that help focus further service research.
Details
- Title
- SDG editorial: improving life on planet earth – a call to action for service research to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
- Authors
- Rebekah Russell-Bennett (Corresponding Author) - University of CanberraMark Rosenbaum (Author) - Hawaii Pacific UniversityRaymond P. Fisk (Author) - Texas State UniversityMaria Raciti (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre - Legacy
- Publication details
- Journal of Services Marketing, Vol.38(2), pp.145-152
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- DOI
- 10.1108/JSM-11-2023-0425
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Sustainability Research Centre; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99976598702621
- Output Type
- Editorial
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